Solar chimney street lighting pole

ABSTRACT

A solar chimney street lighting pole having a hollow pole with a first end and a second end, an air inlet circumferentially arranged at the first end and an air outlet arranged at the second end. Dome-like solar heaters are arranged along a length of the hollow pole. The hollow pole is vertically secured relative to the ground with the first end proximal to the ground, and the dome-like solar heaters configured to heat air inside the hollow pole using solar radiation, thereby creating an upward air stream therein. A fan is arranged inside the hollow pole and proximal to the air outlet. A controller is electrically connected to a sensor and a fan actuator to command the fan actuator to switch the fan based on the signal from the sensor. The solar chimney pole transports a polluted air proximal to the ground to the air outlet.

BACKGROUND Field of the Invention

The present disclosure relates generally to air pollution mitigationtechnology, and particularly to a solar chimney street lighting poledesigned to exhaust traffic-related air pollution from the pedestrian'slevel to an upper level.

Description of the Related Art

Most streets, especially in high-density built environments are highlypolluted with dust and traffic exhaust gas that represent a serioushealth hazard. A recent study indicates that 53,000 early deaths occurper year in the United States alone because of vehicle emissions(Caiazzo, Fabio; Ashok, Akshay; Waitz, Ian A.; Yim, Steve H. L.;Barrett, Steven R. H. (November 2013). “Air pollution and early deathsin the United States. Part I: Quantifying the impact of major sectors in2005”. Atmospheric Environment. Elsevier. 79: 198-208). According toanother study, traffic fumes alone cause the death of 5,000 people everyyear just in the United Kingdom (Roland Pease. “Traffic pollution kills5,000 a year in UK, says study”. BBC News).

The concentration of air pollution in the street environment is highernear the ground where the main source of pollution exists (i.e.automobiles) and other sources of particulate matter. Therefore, anexhaust system that guides reaction exhaust gases away from thepedestrian zone would be helpful in improving air quality and savingpeople's health. Due to good height, location and quantity, streetlighting poles are an ideal candidate for such exhaust systems. Inaddition, street lighting poles don't take up otherwise unused publicspace.

Accordingly, it is one object of the present disclosure to provide apassive eco-lighting pole, e.g., a solar chimney street lighting polethat mitigates air pollution at street level.

The foregoing “Background” description is for the purpose of generallypresenting the context of the disclosure. Work of the inventors, to theextent it is described in this background section, as well as aspects ofthe description which may not otherwise qualify as prior art at the timeof filing, are neither expressly or impliedly admitted as prior artagainst the present invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In one aspect, the invention includes a solar chimney street lightingpole that functions to mitigate air pollution at a street or pedestrianlevel using an internal exhaust system that guides away polluted airfrom near-ground height to a higher atmospheric level.

To passively achieve the above-mentioned function, the disclosed solarchimney street lighting pole is constructed to take advantage of theprinciple of the greenhouse effect and the chimney updraft effect. Thepole has inlets at its base and at least one outlet at its upper end. Anupdraft air-movement through the pole occurs by convection of air thatis heated by passive solar energy. The solar energy is collected byhigh-impact tinted domes, preferably glass but may be made of othermaterials including metals, thermoplastics, and thermosets, with highsolar absorption properties located at different spots along the pole.When the air inside the pole is heated, it becomes less dense and so itrises in the pole and exits from its top end. This will lower the airpressure in the lower portion of the pole which will pull more air fromoutside the pole through the inlets at the bottom of the pole. Suchpassive air movement would guide away polluted air from the near-groundheight where pedestrians are to a higher elevation away from pedestrianzones.

By installing many solar chimney street lighting poles, a large-scaleair updraft and ventilation will occur, and a new fresh air driven fromnearby areas would replace the street level polluted air; hence, peoplewould breathe cleaner air.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute apart of the specification, illustrate one or more embodiments and,together with the description, explain these embodiments. Theaccompanying drawings have not necessarily been drawn to scale. Anyvalues dimensions illustrated in the accompanying graphs and figures arefor illustration purposes only and may or may not represent actual orpreferred values or dimensions. Where applicable, some or all featuresmay not be illustrated to assist in the description of underlyingfeatures.

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a solar chimney street lightingpole according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top sectional view of a solar thermal collector dome;

FIG. 3 is a top, perspective view of the solar panel attached to the topsurface of the light fixture;

FIG. 4 is a bottom, perspective view of the LED light fixture;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of electrical circuitry for the solar chimneystreet lighting pole; and

FIG. 6 is a block diagram for a control system for the solar chimneystreet lighting pole.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The description set forth below in connection with the appended drawingsis intended as a description of various embodiments of the disclosedsubject matter and is not necessarily intended to represent the onlyembodiment(s). In certain instances, the description includes specificdetails for the purpose of providing an understanding of the disclosedembodiment(s). However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the artthat the disclosed embodiment(s) may be practiced without those specificdetails. In some instances, well-known structures and components may beshown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts ofthe disclosed subject matter.

As used herein any reference to “one embodiment” or “some embodiments”or “an embodiment” means that a particular element, feature, structure,or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment isincluded in at least one embodiment. The appearances of the phrase “inone embodiment” in various places in the specification are notnecessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Conditional languageused herein, such as, among others, “can,” “could,” “might,” “may,”“e.g.,” and the like, unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwiseunderstood within the context as used, is generally intended to conveythat certain embodiments include, while other embodiments do notinclude, certain features, elements and/or steps. In addition, thearticles “a” and “an” as used in this application and the appendedclaims are to be construed to mean “one or more” or “at least one”unless specified otherwise.

Furthermore, the terms “approximately,” “proximate,” “minor,” andsimilar terms generally refer to ranges that include the identifiedvalue within a margin of 20%, 10% or preferably 5% in certainembodiments, and any values therebetween.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designateidentical or corresponding parts throughout several views, the followingdescription relates to a solar chimney street lighting pole.

Referring to FIG. 1, the solar chimney street lighting pole may includea pole 1 and a light fixture 12, arranged near one end of the pole 1. Insome embodiments, one or more light fixtures 12 may be arranged on thelight pole 1. The one or more light fixtures 12 may be arranged asbranch units extending from the pole 1. The one or more light fixtures12 may be mounted proximate to the pole 1 or may be mounted to a supportthat extends from the pole 1 so that light may reach an area that isaway from the pole 1. For example, in some cases, a pole 1 may bepositioned offset from a street, such that the street is locatedapproximately 5 to 15 meters from the base of the pole 1. In such cases,the light fixture will need to extend out from the pole by way of asupport so that the light fixture is proximate to or over the street.

The pole 1 may have a smooth circular profile and be of the samediameter all the way along the length of the pole. The length of thepole may vary based on the extent of lighting by a light source. Thepole 1 is preferably of a length such that the extent of light from thelight source at least partially overlaps the light from the light sourceof an adjacent pole 1. The length of the light pole 1 is preferably suchthat the number of poles in a given area is minimized, while a lightsource near a top of the pole may be reached by repair vehicles, orother repair equipment, in order to administer repairs. In someembodiments, the length of the pole 1 ranges from approximately 3 to 25meters, preferably 4-12, or 5-8 meters.

The pole 1 may be made of reinforced concrete, metal, orfiber-reinforced polymer. The types of metal may include steel oraluminum. Although the pole 1 in FIG. 1 has a circular profile, the pole1 may have any of a variety of cross-sections, including polygonalshapes of square, pentagon, hexagonal, to name a few. The outer diameterof a pole 1 of circular cross-section may range from approximately 10centimeters to as much as 30 centimeters depending on the height,desired strength, and application. A pole with a square cross-sectionmay have a side that ranges from approximately 10 centimeters to 30centimeters. Also, although the pole 1 of FIG. 1 has the same diameterover its entire length, the pole 1 may alternatively have a slightlytapered cross-section that becomes smaller from one end to the oppositeend of the pole 1 that contains the light fixture. The angle of taperingmay be small, in the range of approximately 0.1 to 3 degrees in thelengthwise direction. In some environments, a tapered pole 1 may be morestable than a straight pole and may function to accelerate the upwardsdraft of polluted air. The pole 1 has a hollow interior in order toallow air to flow, as well as to reduce weight and cost of materials.Also, an electric cable may be arranged inside the hollow interior ofthe pole 1. The inner walls of the pole 1 may be made as smooth aspossible to reduce wall friction when air moves inside.

The pole 1 has openings at or proximate to each of its ends. Openingsmay include one or more air inlets 2 proximate to the base and an airoutlet 3 at the end having the light fixture. The air inlets 2 may becircular or oblong in shape; where an oblong shape may be a thin slotwith rounded or squared ends. The air inlets 2 may be arrangedcircumferentially around the pole 1. It is preferred that the air inlets2 be arranged proximate to the ground. It is preferred that the size ofthe air inlets 2 be large enough to allow air to flow, but not affectthe structural integrity of the pole 1. In some embodiments in which thepole 1 has a circular cross-section, two or three slotted air inlets 2may be arranged in the length direction of the pole, and odd number ofsets of the slots may be arranged around the circumference of the pole 1in order to ensure strength sufficient to avoid bending of the pole 1due to the slots. The air outlet 3 may be the shape of the end of thepole 1. The air outlet 3 may be covered by a rain cap 4 to prevent rainwater from getting inside the pole 1. The rain cap 4 may have a coneshape, a roof-like triangular shape, or a three or more sided pyramid toallow rain to drain off. It is preferred that the air outlet 3 bearranged at least three meters above the ground.

The pole 1 preferably has many circular openings in its wall atdifferent positions. Each opening may be covered with a solar thermalcollector dome 5 that comprises high-impact tinted glass (or othertransparent or opaque material) with high heat absorption properties.FIG. 2 is a partial view of a solar thermal collector dome 5. Thediameter of the small circular opening containing a small thermalcollector dome 5 may be approximately a quarter of the inner diameter ofthe pole 1, or in the case of pole 1 having a polygonal cross-section,is approximately half of the longest inner distance between vertices.The domes 5 may be evenly spaced along a length direction of the pole 1,and preferably are evenly distributed around the circumference of thepole 1. The domes 5 may have a smooth semi-spherical shape or may beformed of several flat glass plates (hexagonal in shape) that areinterconnected into a semi-spherical shape. As can be seen in FIG. 2,due to the semi-spherical shape of the solar thermal collector dome 5,the dome can always collect the heat from the sun's rays without havingto specify a pre-determined orientation or inclination. In someembodiments, the solar thermal collector dome 5 may instead be a lenshaving a focal length that ends in the interior of the pole 1. In oneembodiment, the lens may heat air that flows through the pole 1. Thelens may be a Fresnel lens that concentrates light and heat inside thepole 1.

The pole 1 may be configured to be vertically secured relative to theground with the one end proximate to the ground, and the solar thermalcollector domes 5 configured to heat air inside the hollow pole 1 usingsolar radiation, thereby creating an upward air stream. The air isheated by transferring heat collected by each solar thermal collectordome 5 to the inner space of the pole 1. When the air inside the pole 1is heated, it becomes less dense and so it rises inside the pole 1 andexits from the air outlet 3. This will lower the air pressure in thelower portion of the pole which will cause more air from outside toenter through the air inlets 2. Such passive air movement guides awaypolluted air from a near-ground height where pedestrians are to an upperheight away from them. The passive air movement can be accomplished byjust a few modifications to existing aluminum or steel poles, includingadding openings proximate to the bottom of the pole, a capped opening atthe top of the pole, and several solar thermal collector domes atvarious positions along the length of the pole.

FIG. 3 is a top, perspective view of a solar panel attached to the topsurface of the light fixture. The solar panel 7 may be arranged on asurface of the light fixture 12, which branches from the pole 1. In someembodiments, the solar panel 7 may be secured on a surface of the pole1. FIG. 4 is a bottom, perspective view of the light fixture. The lightfixture 12 includes a light source. As best seen in FIG. 4, the lightfixture 12 may be a LED light unit that consists of one or more LEDlamps 13, a light detector sensor 14 (one or more light sensitivephotocells) and a passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor 15. Although thelight detector sensor 14 is shown as being located on a side of thelight fixture 12 that contains the light source, the light detectorsensor 14 may be located at other positions, such as at an end, along aside, or on top of the light fixture 12. Also, the light detector sensor14 may optionally be located on a side of the pole 1, or at some remotelocation. In addition, there may be more than one light detector sensor14. Alternatively, the light detector sensor may be a photoresistor,which when ambient light falls on the photoresistor, the light sourcemay be turned off. The sensitivity of the light detector sensor may bethat of the human eye, in which case darkness may be detected atapproximately 100FC. In a similar manner, although the motion sensor 15is shown as being located on a side of the light fixture 12 thatcontains the light source, the motion sensor 15 may be located atalternative positions or remotely from the pole 1. It is preferred thatthe motion sensor 15 have a range of approximately 160 degrees and beable to detect motion at a distance of greater than the length of thepole 1.

In some embodiments, the light fixture has a substantially rectangularend that is attached to the pole 1. The light fixture 12 has a mountingaccessory 16 for fixing the light fixture 12 to the pole 1. In someembodiments, the mounting accessory 16 may include a clamp in which twoparts together surround the pole 1. The two parts of the clamp may havea shape that matches the outer cross-section shape of the pole 1. Forexample, if the pole 1 has a circular cross section, the shape of theparts of the clamp may include sections that together form a circle thatis approximately the same diameter as the outer diameter of the pole 1.If the pole 1 has a square cross section, the clamp may include sectionsthat together form a square that has approximately the same dimensionsas the pole cross section. The two parts of the clamp may be secured toeach other by two or more bolts or similar hardware. One of the parts ofthe clamp may include an attachment portion that projects from the clampand has a shape that substantially matches the shape of the end of thelight fixture 12 in order to hold the light fixture 12. It should beunderstood that other types of mounting accessories 16 may be used tohold the light fixture 12 in place along the pole 1. For example, thelight fixture 12 may be directly secured to the pole 1 by a bar or postthat protrudes from an end of the light fixture 12. The bar or post maybe inserted into an opening in a side of the pole 1. As another example,an L-shaped bracket or tapered elliptical bracket may be mounted to thepole 1 and the light fixture 12 may be mounted to an extended side ofthe L-shaped bracket or tapered bracket. The length of the L-shapedbracket or tapered bracket extending from the pole may differ due toamount of reach required by an application. For example, a street lampapplication may require that the pole be located a certain distance awayfrom an area where light is to be projected. The length of the L-shapedbracket or tapered bracket may have to reach several meters from theside of the pole.

In some embodiments, the light fixture 12 may be a self-contained unitin which the solar panel 7 supplies electricity to the light source,which is driven based on signals from the light sensor 14 and motionsensor 15. The self-contained unit may include control circuitry thatregulates the light source 13 based on the signals from the light sensor14 and motion sensor 15.

Because the passive air movement is provided by way of heat fromsunlight, air movement may not occur when the amount of sunlight isbelow a certain level. In some embodiments, air flow may be maintainedin periods of reduced or no sunlight by using an exhaust fan 6. In orderto operate the fan with minimum power from an external source such aspublic electricity, the solar chimney street lighting pole may include aphotovoltaic system and an exhaust fan 6. The exhaust fan 6 may beplaced at the end of the pole 1 proximate to the air outlet 3 toexhausts air from the pole 1 to the outside. The exhaust fan 6 may bepowered by the electricity provided by the photovoltaic system. Theexhaust fan 6 includes a motor-actuator that rotates the fan.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control system for the solar chimneystreet lighting pole. In the figure, solid lines denote electricalconnections and dotted lines denote paths for control signals. The solarpanel 7 absorbs and converts sunlight into electricity in a photovoltaicsystem. The photovoltaic system is a power system designed to supplyusable solar power by means of photovoltaics. The photovoltaic systemmay consist of an arrangement of several components, including the solarpanel 7, a solar charge controller 8 to regulate the amount of currentthe solar panel 7 feeds into a rechargeable battery bank 9, a powerswitch 10 to control (open/close) a circuit of the public electricity507 as needed and a power inverter 11 that takes DC voltage from batterypack 9 and turns it into AC voltage which is used to run the exhaust fan6 via the exhaust fan actuator 503 and the LED lamp array 13 via a LEDactuator 505. Also, sensors, such as light sensor 14 and motion sensor15 may take power from the battery pack 9.

In one embodiment, the controller 501 may control the light source basedon signals from the motion sensor and the light sensor. Regarding FIG.5, a controller 501 may send a control signal to the LED actuator 505 toswitch the LED lamps 13 based on the solar light illuminance detected bythe light detector sensor 14. In addition, the controller 501 may send acontrol signal to the LED actuator 505 to switch the LED lamps 13 basedon motion detected by the motion detection sensor 15. In someembodiments, the LED lamps 13 may be controlled by the controller 501 toautomatically turn on whenever illuminance detected by the lightdetector sensor 14 is below a certain level. In some embodiments, theLED lamps 13 may be turned on only when the light detector sensordetects illuminance below a certain level and the motion detector 15detects motion.

In one embodiment, the controller may control the fan actuator 503 basedon solar light illuminance detected by the light detector 14. Theapproximate level of air flow that would be necessary to mitigatepolluted air from a street level and through the pole 1 is at least 100m³/h. Depending on temperatures achieved inside the pole 1 due toheating by sunlight, the approximate range of air flow is 100-900 m³/h.Control by the controller 501 may be such that when the solar lightilluminance is detected below a certain level at which the domes may nothave sufficient sunlight to heat the air in the pole 1, the controller501 may send a command to the fan actuator 503 to operate the fan 6 inorder to maintain air flow above 100 m³/h. In an alternative embodiment,the controller 501 may receive sensor information from a temperaturesensor located inside of the pole 1, and may send a command to the fanactuator 503 to operate the fan 6 when the temperature inside the pole 1drops below a certain temperature. In some embodiments, a pair oftemperature sensors may be located at different positions along thelength and inside of the pole 1, and the controller 501 may use the pairof temperature sensors to detect a temperature differential. In suchcase, the fan 6 may be operated when the temperature differential isbelow a predetermined temperature difference. In still a furtherembodiment, the controller 501 may receive sensor information from anair flowrate sensor such that when the flowrate of air inside the pole 1drops below approximately 100 m³/h, the controller 501 sends a commandto the fan actuator 503 to operate the fan 6. In each of thesealternative embodiments, the controller 501 may delay sending a commandto the fan actuator 503 by a period of time set in the controller. Insuch case, a control command may only be sent if the temperature or airflowrate drops below a certain amount for a predetermined period oftime. The predetermined period of time may be set in order to avoidfrequent starting and stopping the fan 6 due to temporary fluctuationsin air temperature or flowrate. The predetermined period of time mayrange from approximately 10 seconds to a 2 or 3 minutes. The appropriatetemperature, temperature differential, or flowrate depend on factors,including the length and inner diameter/dimensions of the pole 1,ambient temperature, pressure, and humidity of air outside of the pole1.

In one embodiment, the solar chimney street lighting pole also mayinclude a thermal insulated conduit 17 for the electricity cable so thatit is not affected by the hot air updraft. It is preferable that theconduit be constructed of non-metallic materials such as Polyvinylchloride (PVC) or High-density polyethylene (HDPE).

The computer-based control system 501 may be based on a microcontroller.FIG. 6 is a block diagram for a control system for the solar chimneystreet lighting pole. A microcontroller may contain one or moreprocessor cores (CPUs) along with memory (volatile and non-volatile) andprogrammable input/output peripherals. Program memory in the form offlash, ROM, EPROM, or EEPROM is often included on chip, as well as asecondary RAM for data storage. In one embodiment, the computer-basedsystem 501 is an integrated circuit board 101 with a microcontroller610. The board includes digital I/O pins 615, analog inputs 617,hardware serial ports 613, a USB connection 611, a power jack 619, and areset button 621. Variations in microcontroller arrangement may includethe number of pins, whether or not the board includes communicationports or a reset button.

In one embodiment, the microcontroller may be an 8-bit RISC-basedmicrocontroller having 256 KB flash memory 603, 8K SRAM 607, 4K EEPROM605, 86 general purpose I/O lines, 32 general purpose registers, a realtime counter, six flexible timer/counters, a 16-channel 10-bit A/Dconverter 609, and a JTAG interface for on-chip debugging. Thismicrocontroller is a single SOC that achieves a throughput of 16 MIPS at16 MHz and operates between 4.5 to 5.5 volts. The recommended inputvoltage is between 7-12V. Although this description is of a particularmicrocontroller product, it should be understood that othermicrocontrollers may be used. Microcontrollers may vary based on thenumber of processing cores, size of non-volatile memory, the size ofdata memory, as well as whether or not it includes an A/D converter orD/A converter.

Numerous modifications and variations are possible in light of the aboveteachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of theappended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than asspecifically described herein.

Thus, the foregoing discussion discloses and describes merely exemplaryembodiments of the present invention. As will be understood by thoseskilled in the art, the present invention may be embodied in otherspecific forms without departing from the spirit or essentialcharacteristics thereof. Accordingly, the disclosure of the presentinvention is intended to be illustrative, but not limiting of the scopeof the invention, as well as other claims. The disclosure, including anyreadily discernible variants of the teachings herein, defines, in part,the scope of the foregoing claim terminology such that no inventivesubject matter is dedicated to the public.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to theembodiments described above, but encompasses any and all embodimentswithin the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A solar chimney street lighting pole comprising:a hollow pole with a first end and a second end and circular openingsevenly spaced along a length direction of the pole, wherein an air inletis circumferentially arranged at the first end and an air outlet isarranged at the second end; a light fixture mounted proximal to thesecond end; a plurality of dome-like solar heaters arranged on a surfaceand over said circular openings; a fan arranged inside the hollow poleand proximal to the air outlet, wherein the fan is configured to createan upward air stream; a fan actuator configured to switch the fan; asensor for indicating solar radiation; and a controller electricallyconnected to the sensor and the fan actuator, wherein the controllerconfigured to command the fan actuator to switch the fan based on theindication of solar radiation by the sensor, wherein the hollow pole isconfigured to be vertically secured relative to the ground with thefirst end proximal to the ground, and the dome-like solar heatersconfigured to passively heat air inside the hollow pole using solarradiation and create an upward air stream therein, wherein thecontroller is configured to command the fan actuator to switch the fanwhen the air flowrate of the passively heated air inside the hollow poleis below a predetermined flowrate, and wherein the solar chimney streetlighting pole is configured to transport a polluted air proximal to theground to a point with an elevation of at least 3 meters relative to theground.
 2. The solar chimney street lighting pole of claim 1, furthercomprising: an electric circuit comprising a photovoltaic cell securedon a surface of the hollow pole or a surface of a branch unit attachedto the hollow pole, wherein the photovoltaic cell configured to generatea voltage from solar radiation, and a rechargeable battery configured tostore the voltage generated in the photovoltaic cell; and wherein thefan is configured to create an upward air stream in the absence of solarradiation using the voltage stored in the rechargeable battery.
 3. Thesolar chimney street lighting pole of claim 2, wherein the sensor is aphotocell configured to measure a solar light illuminance, wherein thecontroller is electrically connected to the photocell and the fanactuator, and wherein the controller is configured to command the fanactuator to switch the fan based on the solar light illuminance.
 4. Thesolar chimney street lighting pole of claim 2, wherein the sensor is atemperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of air inside thehollow pole, wherein the controller electrically connected to thetemperature sensor and the fan actuator, and wherein the controller isconfigured to command the fan actuator to switch the fan based on thetemperature of the air measured by the temperature sensor.
 5. The solarchimney street lighting pole of claim 4, wherein the controller isconfigured to command the fan actuator to switch the fan based on thetemperature of the air inside the hollow pole being below apredetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time.
 6. Thesolar chimney street lighting pole of claim 2, wherein the sensor is anair flowrate sensor configured to measure a flowrate of air inside thehollow pole, wherein the controller is electrically connected to the airflowrate sensor and the fan actuator, and wherein the controller isconfigured to command the fan actuator to switch the fan based on theflowrate measured by the air flowrate sensor.
 7. The solar chimneystreet lighting pole of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured tocommand the fan actuator to switch the fan based on the air flowrate ofthe air inside the hollow pole being below the predetermined flowratefor a predetermined period of time.
 8. The solar chimney street lightingpole of claim 3, wherein the photovoltaic cell is secured on a surfaceof the branch unit attached to the hollow pole, wherein the lightfixture comprises: a plurality of LED lamps arranged on the surface ofthe branch unit; and an LED actuator electrically connected to thecontroller and configured to switch the LED lamps, wherein thecontroller configured to command the LED actuator to switch the LEDlamps based on the solar light illuminance.
 9. The solar chimney streetlighting pole of claim 8, further comprising: a motion sensorelectrically connected to the controller and configured to detect amotion proximal to the solar chimney street lighting pole, wherein thecontroller configured to command the LED actuator to switch the LEDlamps based on the motion.
 10. The solar chimney street lighting pole ofclaim 1, wherein the dome-like heaters passively heat air inside thehollow pole and create an upward air stream of at least 100 m³/h. 11.The solar chimney street lighting pole of claim 1, wherein the air inletincludes a plurality of rows of vertically elongated inlets evenlyspaced around the circumference of the hollow pole.